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The text describes a study finding that defendants' appearance as more stereotypically African American was highly predictive of the men's sentences when the victims were White.Describe the concept of implicit measures of prejudice.What role might implicit prejudice have played in this study? What other information would be helpful to gain a more detailed understanding of the study's results?


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